CARSTAIRS COUNTRYSIDE TRUST

Charity Number: 702223
Removed charity

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Carstairs Countryside Trust is a nature conservation charity. It owns and manages land, especially in the sensitive Lower Derwent Valley

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £184,746
Total expenditure: £161,416

Total income includes £131,818 from 4 government grant(s)

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Disability
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
Who the charity helps:
  • People With Disabilities
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Other Finance
  • Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
Where the charity operates:
  • Doncaster
  • East Riding Of Yorkshire
  • North Yorkshire

Governance

Registration history:
  • 14 November 1989: Standard registration
  • 15 April 2025: Removed (Transfer of funds)
Organisation type:
Trust
Other names:
  • C C T (Working name)
Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £168.28k £176.19k £160.51k £343.33k £184.75k
Total expenditure £74.94k £132.31k £154.56k £158.79k £161.42k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £63.58k £140.30k £145.15k £148.06k £131.82k

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2024 23 September 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 23 September 2024 On Time
Annual return 31 March 2023 19 October 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 19 October 2023 On Time
Annual return 31 March 2022 14 December 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 14 December 2022 On Time
Annual return 31 March 2021 28 December 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 28 December 2021 On Time
Annual return 31 March 2020 31 October 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 31 October 2020 On Time
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

DEED OF TRUST DATED 15 SEPTEMBER 1989.

Charitable objects

(A) TO PROMOTE EITHER THROUGH ITS OWN ACT OR BY SUPPORTING OTHER REGISTERED CHARITIES THE CONSERVATION OF THE COUNTRYSIDE AND ITS WILDLIFE IN PARTICULAR THE OTTER WITHIN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND MORE ESPECIALLY NORTH YORKSHIRE. (B) TO PROMOTE EITHER THROUGH ITS OWN OR BY SUPPORTING OTHER REGISTERED CHARITIES THE PROVISION OF FACILLITIES TO ENABLE DISABLED PERSONS MORE READILY TO GAIN ACCESS TO AND EGRESS FROM THE COUNTRYSIDE SO THAT SUCH PERSONS CAN GAIN GRETER ENJOYMENT THEREFROM.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

UNITED KINGDOM AND MORE PARTICUARLY NORTH YORKSHIRE